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【版本:新人教 册别:选择性必修四】
Using Language — Listening:
UNIT 2 ICONIC ATTRACTIONS
Discuss what best represents a place
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能够拍出来,但用英语说不出来
1. Where can you see these things?
2. What are they?
3. Which attracts you most?
Click a picture that attracts you the most.
1 the Bay of Islands
2 the haka
3 a kiwi bird
4 a geyser
5 a sulphuric pool
6 manuka honey
7 bungee jumping
8 a flock of sheep
One of New Zealand’s favourite travel destinations
plenty to see and do: cruises, sailing, swimming, diving, deep sea fishing, hiking, camping
variety of marine海洋的 life, including dolphins, whales, and penguins
early European settlement and Maori毛利 culture
the Bay of Islands
A ceremonial礼仪的 dance performed by the Maori people
can be performed by both men and women
to get ready for war and to develop team spirit
the haka哈卡舞
kiwi bird: An icon of New Zealand
nearly blind, flightless bird
usually comes out only at night
endangered species, vulnerable易受伤的 and threatened
geyser: a natural hot spring
forms when pressure builds up beneath the ground, causing an eruption of hot water and steam
known as a geothermal system (near volcanoes)
sulphuric pool硫磺池: Sometimes found in the same area as geysers
a landscape bathed in steam, with powerful geysers shooting steam into the air, vividly coloured sulphuric pools, and bubbling mud
manuka honey麦卢卡蜂蜜: Made from the manuka plant
quite thick and dark, and slightly bitter
在新西兰和澳大利亚新南威尔士北部的山坡、沿海地区、森林边缘,生有一种叫做麦卢卡【也称曼努卡】(manuka)的红茶树。每逢初夏,它盛开的花朵会引得成群的蜜蜂来蜜源采集花蜜,以酿造独具特色的麦卢卡蜂蜜。
bungee jumping
Originated with an ancient adult initiation ceremony入会仪式
people jumped off a high platform with vines 藤attached to their feet as a test for their courage and passage into manhood.
Alan John Hackett, opened up the first commercial bungee jumping site at the Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge in New Zealand.
sheep
First introduced to New Zealand in the late 18th century
sheep farming became the main industry in New Zealand.
With so many natural landscapes, which one can bes